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Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... Entertainment Network India Limited is a subsidiary of The Times Group and it along with TIML Controls the following media brands in India Radio Mirchi National network of Private FM stations 360 Degrees Events Times Outoors Outdoors ENIL official website Categories: | ... The Times Group is one of the largest media services conglomerates in India. ...

"Mirchi" is Hindi for chilli. The tagline of Radio Mirchi is "It's hot!". Mirchi is an Indian word used for chilli. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is also used for central government administrative purposes , along with English. ... The chile pepper (also chili or chilli; from Spanish chile) is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family (Solanaceae). ...

Radio Mirchi Logo

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Inception

The original avatar of Radio Mirchi was Times FM, which began operation in 1993. Until 1993, All India Radio or AIR, a government undertaking, was the only radio broadcaster in India. The government then took the initiative to privatize the radio broadcasting sector. It sold airtime blocks on its FM channels in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Goa to private operators, who developed their own program content. The Times Group operated its brand, Times FM, till June 1998. After that, the government decided not to renew contracts given to private operators. For the electronica band, see All India Radio (band). ... Hyderabad   or Haydarābād // ( Urdu:حیدر آباد), (Telugu:హైదరాబాదు) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ...

In 2000, the government announced the auction of 108 FM frequencies across India. ENIL won the largest number of frequencies, and thus started its operations under the brand name Radio Mirchi. Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ...

In January 2006, Radio Mirchi bagged 25 frequencies in the second wave of licences that were issued by the Government of India. This pushes the Radio Mirchi presence in 32 centers. In the first wave of launches, It launched recently in April in Bangalore ,which has been a spectacular hit among the folks.It is giving a healthy competition to Radio City in the city. For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). ... Radio City is a FM radio station in India. ...

Radio Mirchi is Hyderabad's no.1 Radio station and Madurai's first FM radio.

Areas of operation

Currently, Radio Mirchi has a presence in 12 cities, including the 4 metros of India:

• 98.3 FM - Ahmedabad Tagline "Radio Mirchi - It's hot"..
• 98.3 FM - Aurangabad, Maharashtra Tagline "Mirchi Sunane Wale Allways Khush" Started On 23 July 2007.
• 98.3 FM - Bengaluru It uses the tagline "Sakat hot maga!" in Bangalore.
• 98.3 FM - Bhopal Tagline "Radio Mirchi - It's Hot"
• 98.3 FM - Chennai It uses the tagline "Idhu sema hot machi!" in Chennai.
• 98.3 FM - Coimbatore Service started on October 2007 "Idhu sema hot machi!"
• 98.3 FM - Delhi Ranajoy and Mirchi is Hot
• 98.3 FM - Hyderabad It uses the tagline "idi chaala hot guru!" in Hyderabad.
• 98.3 FM - Indore the first Mirchi FM station in India in 2001 "Radio Mirchi - It's Hot"
• 98.3 FM - Jaipur
• 98.3 FM - Kolhapur Tagline -" Radio Mirchi - It's Hot "
• 98.3 FM - Kolkata It uses the tagline "Radio Michi Shune mon always khush khush. Radio Mirchi is hot" in kolkata.
• 98.3 FM - Mumbai It uses the tagline "Its HOT!" in Mumbai.
• 98.3 FM - Nasik - It uses the tagline "Its HOT!".
• 98.3 FM - Pune Tagline - "Radio Mirchi - It's Hot"
• 98.3 FM - Patna
• 98.3 FM - Jalandhar
• 98.3 FM - Goa Tagline - "Radio Mirchi - It's Hot"
• 98.3 FM - Vadodara Tagline "Radio Michi Shune mon always khush "
• 98.3 FM - Rajkot Tagline "Radio Mirchi - It's Hot"
• 98.3 FM - Varanasi - Test Signal Started on 14 July 2007
• 98.3 FM - Kanpur - Services Started
• 98.3 FM - Lucknow - Services started on 14 August 2007
• 98.3 FM - Surat - Service started on 20 August 2007
• 98.3 FM - Nagpur - Service started on 18 October 2007
• 98.3 FM - Madurai - Service started on September 2007

It claims to reach almost 70% of FM radio listeners in Mumbai and Delhi. In Ahmedabad & Pune it is the only private radio broadcaster. Radio Mirchi has started providing Visual Radio to its subscribers in Delhi from 25 july, 2006 onwards and in Mumbai from September 2006. It also has started its visual radio service from Kolkata recently. , Ahmedabad (Gujarati: , Hindi: अहमदाबाद ) is the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh-largest urban agglomeration in India, with a population of almost 51 lakhs (5. ... Aurangabad (औरंगाबाद, from Persian اورنگ‌آباد meaning Built by the Throne, named after Mughal Emporer Aurangazeb) is a city and district in Maharashtra, India. ... , Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र , IPA:  , translation: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in area and second largest in population after Uttar Pradesh. ... For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bhopal (disambiguation). ... , “Madras” redirects here. ... , Coimbatore   (Tamil: ), also known as Kovai (Tamil: ), is a major industrial city in India. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... Hyderabad or Haydarābād (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... , Indore (Hindi:इन्दौर ,Marathi:इंदूर)  , a large city in the Malwa region of Central India is the commercial capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ... , Jaipur   (Hindi: जयपुर, Rajasthan Capital), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Kolhapur   (Marathi:कोल्हापुर) is a city situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra, India. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... Nashik or Nasik is a city, and also a district and division, in Indias Maharashtra state. ... , Pune (IPA: , Marathi: पुणे) is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. ... For other uses, see Patna (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in India. ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... , Vadodara (Gujarati: વડોદરા,Marathi:बडोदा)  ), also known as Baroda, is the third most-populated town in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat. ... , Rajkot   (2005 pop. ... , VārāasÄ« ( , Hindi: , IPA: ), also known as Benares, Banaras, or Benaras ( , Hindi: , , IPA: ), or Kashi or Kasi ( , Hindi: , ), is a famous Hindu holy city situated on the banks of the river Ganges (Ganga) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... , Kanpur   (Hindi: कानपुर, Urdu: کان پور, spelled as Cawnpore before 1948) is one of the most populous cities in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... , Lucknow ( , Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لکھنؤ, ) is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... , Nāgpur   (Marathi: नागपुर) Third largest city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune with a population of 2. ... , Madurai   (Tamil: , IPA: ) is a city and a municipal corporation with a city population of 922,913 according to 2001 census. ... Visual radio is a generic term for adding visuals to normal audio radio broadcasts. ...

See also

• FM broadcasting
• FM band
• AM radio
• AM stereo
• List of broadcast station classes
• History of radio
• RDS (Radio Data System)

FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... AM stereo is any of a number of mutually-incompatible techniques for broadcasting two_channel audio in the mediumwave band in a manner that is compatible with receivers designed for standard amplitude modulation. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... For the controversy about who invented radio, see Invention of radio. ... Radio Data System, or RDS, is a standard from the European Broadcasting Union for sending small amounts of digital information using conventional FM radio broadcasts. ...

External links

• Radio Mirchi (ENIL Website)

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